The archaeology of city-states
Subtitle: cross-cultural approaches
By: edited by Deborah L. Nichols and Thomas H. Charlton.
Contributors: Nichols, Deborah L.; Charlton, Thomas H.
Series: Smithsonian series in archaeological inquiry
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
Subjects: Ethnoarchaeology -- Congresses; Civilization, Ancient -- Cross-cultural studies -- Congresses; City-states -- Cross-cultural studies -- Congresses
Description: Contending that the city-state was a significant cross-cultural regularity that developed among geographically and historically separated civilizations, fifteen prominent archaeologists and historians explore the emergence, structure, and function of city-states in Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Indus Valley, China, Greece, Okinawa, the Maya Lowlands, central Mexico, the coast of Peru, and the Andes.

The contributors discuss area and population size, settlement patterns, economic organization, political systems, and duration.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-328) and index.